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H. A. GOODMAN.

Car Brake.

' Patented Aug. 2, 1870.

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` p "Letters Patent No. 106,052, datedAugust` 2, 1870.

V IMRovEME'NT 1N CAR-BRAKES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern.: l Be it known that I, HENRXr A.v GOODMAN, of Omaha, in the county of Douglas and in the State of Nep in order to` enable Iothers-skilled inthe art to. p `which my invention'appertains to make and use theV same, I will now `proceed to describe itsconstrnetion and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in whch- Figure 1 isla plan view, and

Figure 2 is a side view of my car-brake.

1 A represents the axle, upon which are the wheels B B, and outside of the wheels the journal-boxes O G, `attachedtothe iron frame of the truck by means ot' These bolts "also secure a spring, D, on top of the jonrnalb0x .C,fsaid springs being bent, `as shown in iig;2,ither onterends bearing against the brake-beam E, within guides b I).

To the brake-beam E thebrake-blocks G G are attachedin vany suitable manner. f

rlhe lguides I) b keep the brake-beam always' in its place, and the springs D D keep thebrake-blbcks or shoes always free of the wheels, except when the` 1 brake is needed on the wheel.

Thesprings DD may be secured on the under side .of the journal-boxes, as well'as on top, with the same bolts that se'cure the `boxes to the frame.

The advantages of attaching the springs outside of l the wheels on the journal-boxes are- First, that, 'in trucks as sometimes constructed, it does away with two wood bars that have to be put on the/truck to attach the springs to, and twelve bolts that are required to connect the bars and springs together, whenthe springs are inside of the wheels.

Seconiihin` case it is desired lto detach the-'spring from the truck forrepairs, it is only necessary to take .,oi` two nuts, and Vthe'work is accomplished, while, in i the other case, if the spring-bar breaks, it is necessary to jack up the car, and run out the truck, in order to get at the bolts, for it is generally the woodenv har that breaks.

Third, by putting the spring on the outside, it brings the power of springs nearer the ends of the brake-beam when the brake is being set upto the wheels, keeping the beam and brakes more even `and steady.'

Having thus fully described my invention, v What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The springs D D, when attached, on the outside of the car-wheels, to the journaibox, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth..

vIn testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand this 4th dayA of May, 1870.

HENRY A. GOODMAN. Witnesses:

J. S. SPAUl, 1R, L. Dumps. 

